Michio : The Carpenter Who Made Cyclemotors – Story Of Suzuki

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How far can you go starting as a carpenter? 
The man about whom you're going to read, died as the Founder of Suzuki. 
Michio, started his professional journey as an apprentice carpenter, and soon proved his worth by designing a pedal-driven wooden loom (a complex device for weaving thread into textiles). This proved to be a very promising avenue and judging its potential he began making looms in a small rented warehouse. 

The looms worked! 

With growing sales, he took the company public with the name Suzuki Jidosha Kogyo (Suzuki Loom Manufacturing Company), in 1920, exactly when he was 33 years old. 

Within six years, the country went international, exporting their products to India and other South East Asian countries. They tried making various products including ammunition during the Japanese military era. 

Then came the bang - "Cyclemotors" -- 36cc piston-ported two-stroke engines that motorized ordinary bicycles, to be called Motorcycles in the modern world. In 1952 the company introduced its first models and sales soon dominated the company's profits. Two years later the company was re-christened Suzuki Kabushikigaisha (Suzuki Motor Company). They started making cars and still do. 

Suzuki held more than one hundred patents, continued contributing to the design of company products through its first generation of automobiles, and remained as President of the company through the mid-1950s.

It's unbelievable what this carpenter could do. 
Started with textile looms, invented motorcycles, and made cars! 

We cannot thank him enough for giving us so much of inspiration for moving towards our goals. 

Thank you, sir! 

#StayInspired!


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